Pollution chords by Tom Lehrer
Guitar chords with lyrics
Calypso Style
C G7
If you visit A-merican City,
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you will find it very pretty.
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Just two things of which you must be-ware,
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Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air.
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Pol-lution, Pol-lution, They got smog and sewage and mud,
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Turn on your tap, to get hot and cold running crud
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See the Halibuts
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And the Sturgeons
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Being wiped out by detergeons
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Fish gotta swim, and birds gotta fly.
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But they don't last long if they try.
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Pol-lution, pol-lution, You can use the latest tooth-paste
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And then rinse your mouth, with in-dustrial waste.
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Just go out for a breath of air,
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And you'll be ready for Medicare.
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The city streets are really quite a thrill,
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If the hoods don't get you, the mo-noxide will.
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Pol-lution, pol-lution, wear a gas mask and a veil.
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Then you can breathe, long as you don't in-hale.
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Lots of things there that you can drink,
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But stay away from the kitchen sink.
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Throw out your garbage and I've got a hunch.
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The folks downstream will drink it for lunch.
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So go to the city, see the crazy people there,
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Like lambs to the slaughter,
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They're drink-ing the wa-ter
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And breathing the air.